Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The smallest unit of a plant that can grow into an entire plant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, same as
phytomer . - noun [capitalized] In entomology, a genus of Cerambycidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) One of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves; a phytomer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany One of the parts which by their
repetition make up aflowering plant , each being a singlejoint of astem with itsleaf or leaves.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term phyton has accordingly been given with propriety to each single part.
Theism: The Witness of Reason and Nature to an All-Wise and Beneficent Creator. 1823-1886 1855
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The active forms are therefore referred to as “phytoestrogens” from the Greek phyton, “leaf”.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The active forms are therefore referred to as “phytoestrogens” from the Greek phyton, “leaf”.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The science of fossils is divided into Palæophytology (phyton, plant), also called phytopalæontology, or palæbotany (botane, herb), treating of fossil plants, and palæozoology (zoon, animal), treating of extinct animals.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Zoomonera; from the physiological point of view, the former are the simplest specimens of the plant (phyton) kingdom, and the latter of the animal (zoon) world.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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At the beginning, there was html; now you have dozens of ways to create and deliver your content over the web (phyton, php, java, flash, nameyourlanguage). webdevelopment is getting more and more complex … is this all bad?
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I installed Blender 3D software before, but it also asked phyton installer so i included it on installation.
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Nietes has been well-known for having a phyton coiled around his neck during his fights in the Philippines and whose smooth moves in and out of his enemy's territory resembles that of the poisonous earth-crawler while Vargas has been nicknamed 'Chango' by the Mexican audience because "he fights like one".
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I can deal with them, but never own one. phyton as a pet?
WordPress.com News 2009
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Suits starting from $3,000 - $8,000 while leather piece hits $20,000 (a phyton leather jacket).
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